Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
Hosted by Martyn Bennett and Alice Hunt and Jonathan Healey · Samuel Hume
4.8from 745 ratings
- 244
- Episodes
- 59
- Transcribed
- 745
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 19K
- YouTube views
About Pax Britannica: A History of the British Empire
Pax Britannica is a narrative history podcast covering the empire upon which the sun never set. Shortlisted for the 2023 Independent Podcast Awards, Pax Britannica follows the events which created an empire that dominated the globe. Hosted by Dr Samuel Hume, a historian of British Imperial history, Pax Britannica aims to explain the rise and eventual fall of the largest empire in history. After all, how peaceful was the 'British Peace'?
- Publisher
- Samuel Hume
- Category
- education · history · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
59 of 244 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
04.18 - The Great Swamp Massacre
3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
04.17 - The Trial of the Praying Indians
30 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
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04.18 - The Great Swamp Massacre
Published 5 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Their native neighbours might hide in them during war, they might even build dwellings and send their women and children to them for safety, but they simply couldn't be real homes. So when the United Colonial Force made its way into the Great Swamp, and they found a wooden palisade protecting hundreds of wigwams and thousands of people, they didn't see a fortified town, because it couldn't be a town. Instead, contemporaries referred to it as a fort, or a nest or den, a base for raids and ambushes, a legitimate military target, along with everyone inside. Winslow had hoped that the appearance of the colonial army would intimidate the Narragansett into surrender, but then again he hadn't expected to find a fortified position. […]
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- YouTube views
- 19,081
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 357 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 388 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100
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- Quality
- 63
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 99
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Martyn Bennett and Alice Hunt and Jonathan Healey host the show. Published by Samuel Hume.
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